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Tech company SmartThings—along with companies such as Google and Apple—are each working to create a plan to revolutionize how we live, one connection at a time. The first one to the top could be the king of another multi-billion dollar tech market. Read more

Nest is finding out how difficult it can be to redesign something so simple and ubiquitous as a smoke detector. The company has recalled nearly half a million of its Protect Smoke Detectors thanks to the flaws of a feature meant to let people silence their smart appliance when it was a little too helpful. Read more